Guess What? B.J. Habibie

Guess What? B.J. Habibie

Being a top government official in charge of technology
development in Indonesia does not prevent research and technology
minister B.J. Habibie from reading numerous and various kinds of
books.

"I spend most of my leisure time reading," Habibie, who is
also chairman of the Agency for the Management of Strategic
Industries, said during a hearing with Commission I of the House
of Representatives early this week.

He reads books on airplanes during his daily trip to his
office and in his spare time at home. He immediately moves onto
another book after finishing one.

However he stays well away from newspapers.

"Sometimes the newspapers criticize the technology development
in Indonesia out of proportion," he said.

"It's better for me to read books on technology development
rather than confusing myself with newspaper articles." he said.
(imn)